SpaceX Launch Schedule
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SXM-8
SpaceX | USAUnknown Location
July 1, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
SXM-8 is a large high power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS). Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) got in July 2016 the contract to build the two satellites based on their SSL-1300 bus - SXM-7 and SXM-8. Both operate in the S-band spectrum. Each satellite will generate more than 20-kW of power and will have a large unfurlable antenna reflector, which enables broadcast to radios without the need for large dish-type antennas on the ground. SXM-8 is meant to replace the XM-4 satellite.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX USCV-1 (NASA Crew Flight 1)
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 1, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV04
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 1, 2020, midnight
Falcon Heavy | USSF-44
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 1, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV05
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Oct. 1, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-21
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 30, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
SpaceX | USAVandenberg AFB, CA, USA
Nov. 1, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Earth Science
The Sentinel-6A mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS), is a partnership between NASA, NOAA, ESA, and EUMETSAT. This mission consists of two parts: the first one continues the long-term global sea surface height data record begun by first Jason satellites in 1992. This part of the mission will provide altimeter data necessary for ocean climate monitoring, ocean modelling and numerical ocean prediction, weather forecasting, marine meteorology, coastal altimetry and modelling. A secondary objective of the mission is to collect high-resolution vertical profiles of temperature, using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Radio-Occultation sounding technique, to assess temperature changes in the troposphere and stratosphere and to support numerical weather prediction. Sentinel-6A is to operate in a highly-inclined circular orbit at an altitude of 1336 km, with an operational mission lasting 5 years.
Low Earth OrbitFalcon 9 Block 5 | Dedicated SSO Rideshare Mission 1
SpaceX | USAVandenberg AFB, CA, USA
Dec. 1, 2020, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 4-7
SpaceX | USAVandenberg AFB, CA, USA
Jan. 1, 2021, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | WorldView Legion 1
SpaceX | USAVandenberg AFB, CA, USA
Jan. 1, 2021, midnight
Atlas V 551
AEHF-6
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAThis is the sixth and final satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, which is a series of communications satellites operat...
Long March 2
Yaogan-30-06
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Yaogan 30-01-01 to 30-01-03 (Remote Sensing Satellite-30-01-01 to 30-01-03) satellites, were launched by CZ-2C rocket from China's Xichang spac...
Soyuz 2.1B
OneWeb 3
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanA batch of 34 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Interned broadband service for individual cons...
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 5
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Soyuz 2.1B
Glonass-M No. 60
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationGlonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a ...
Long March 7A
Maiden Flight
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThis is the first flight of the Long March 7A which is a new configuration of the Long March 7 launch vehicle. The difference is that 7A variant in...
Long March 3
Beidou-3 G2
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThis satellite is a part of the geostationary component of the 3rd phase of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system. It features a...
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpX CRS-20
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USASpaceX will launch the Dragon spacecraft on their 20th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight is being c...
Soyuz 2.1A Fregat-M
Meridian-M No.19L
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationMeridian is a series of communications satellite for military and civilian use.
Long March 2D
XJS-C, XJS-D, XJS-E, XJS-F
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThese are four experimental satellites which will be used mainly to test some Earth observation technologies.
